(READ THIS FIRST: THIS IS THE AWARD FOR PLAYERS OF FFS EURO 2012 ONLY AND DOES NOT INCLUDE PEOPLE FROM THE FRIENDLY WORLD CUP! THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE AWARD FOR THAT. THANK YOU.)

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is dissention in the ranks. Some people on FFS are claiming that certain Council member(s) have done a Jimmy Carr and avoided playing by the rules of the Award in order to increase their chances of victory in a truly unvaliant turn of events. Others have graciously accepted the bravery needed to make such bold decisions and their success. A few have claimed that England deserved to go through last night... only kidding. I would just like to clarify however that there is no limit to the number of differential picks one manager can make to remain eligible for the Award. And now in a totally unrelated matter, let's focus on handing out the award for a Matchday that at one stage looked destined to be heavily dominated by one man....

A “successful gamble” is defined as a single player choice that returns an unexpectedly high number of points. The awards will be given on these criteria:- Underappreciation- Overachievement- Underdog team- Captaincy

Honourable Mentions - A couple of decisions which were worthy of note if not the award:

-Mac chose the right Portuguese midfielder in Moutinho whose assist contributed to a 7 point haul. This plucky choice has seen Mac in the running since the start of the Matchday and has earned him is first honourable mention of the tournament.

-Parmtree and Drinky were courageous and spent the extra 1.5 on the more adventurous of the Spanish pair of holding midfielders, Alonso. His spot kick duties also contibuted to a spectacular 14 points which no doubt left his owners jumping for joy

-Demented Flamingo made the unique decision of having a player in his side who was already eliminated in Andrews. Although next Matchday this will be unexciting, it was something certainly worthy a mention this week

And now for the winner:

The German defense found itself heavily invested in. No one seemed to give the Greeks a chance of scoring despite having found the net in their last 12 internationals. As it turned out one man believed in them and gave the armband to Salpingidis. ENR was this man and he was rewarded with a goal and an assist. This valorous choice has been favourite for the award since Day 2 as it ticked all the boxes for the neccesary criteria.

ENR has earned back to back Awards now , so it is time for others to come to the fore and start taking even more risks. With only 2 Matchday's to go, time is well and truly running out.